Found 2 hits - Term: fast day, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fast \fast\, n. oe. faste, fast; cf. as. faesten, ohg. fasta,
g. faste. see fast, v. i.
1. abstinence from food; omission to take nourishment.
1913 webster
surfeit is the father of much fast. --shak.
1913 webster
2. voluntary abstinence from food, for a space of time, as a
spiritual discipline, or as a token of religious
humiliation.
1913 webster
3. a time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a
period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food;
as, an annual fast.
1913 webster
fast day, a day appointed for fasting, humiliation, and
religious offices as a means of invoking the favor of god.
to break one's fast, to put an end to a period of
abstinence by taking food; especially, to take one's
morning meal; to breakfast. --shak.
1913 webster
see also:
fast fast day to break one's fast
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
fast day
n : a day designated for fasting
Results 1 - 10 of 13 found about fast day: Day
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Day, definition of term: Day
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Armistice Day, definition of term: Armistice Day
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